Cheer! On CMT

 

This is a wonderful show that I just started to watch! Have you heard of it? It's called Cheer its on the CMT network. It's about a cheerleading gym who came in 18th place at Worlds, the gym is located in New Jersey. The team is an Senior all girls 5 team. They all seem really into it, they all have been going to the gym for a long time! The coach is just amazing, she approaches the cheerleaders with her head held high, she intimidates her team, that's what I love about her! I wish she was my coach!!:) She gives everyone confidence, but at the same time she kind of makes them worry about their spots being taken away! Comment on this I want to see what you think!! I'll post more of the episodes later!:)

500 Page-Views!

Dear bloggers,
    I am very thankful to that now I have 500 page-views!:) It's very cool to know that many people are interested in my blog, and that some of you keep on coming! It hasn't been very long since I started this blog in my tech-ed class, it has been about 3 months since I began the blog. My blog is almost like my life! I love doing this blog, I mainly do it for you guys, people who love to learn about cheerleading! Everyday, when I go on the computer I check out my statistics, and I am just ecstatic to see people from a plethora of locations! I cannot thank everyone enough for how happy I am! Really, thanks for checking out my blog, and please talk about it to everyone you know! I would greatly appreciate it!:) Also, keep on checking out my blog!! Thanks again, its Riley, I'll see you next time! Have a great day and Cheer On!:D






       

Cheer Perfection on TLC

    Hey bloggers! I'm very sorry that I haven't posted in a long time! :( Well, last night there was a special on TLC, it was called "Cheer Perfection," It was about how stressful tryouts are, how injuries can make a difference, how parent drama is very crazy, and what can happen throughout the cheer season. CheerTime Revolution is the gym who was featured on the show. The gym has 3 locations in Arkansas; Sherwood, Jonesboro, and the newest one in West Helena. 

    

    Alisha Dunlap is the coach in the show. She coaches all of the gyms, but in the show she was only filmed in the Sherwood location. The team that was being made was on the show called the Junior Silver team, but on the website it is the Junior Black. Making the Silver was the biggest deal for everyone even the parents. The parents had made a "Status" of each other by what team there child made, so they all wanted to make the Silver team. 

    In the show, there's drama and what not, the image that the show had shown of cheerleading isn't really a good image. Cheerleadings about being loyal to each other, trying your hardest, getting new skills, working as a team, and just to become a family. The show had shown more parent drama then actual cheerleading. The parent drama isn't always true, some gyms like mine, the parents for the most part love each other!

    Alisha, the coach, is the dream coach of lots of newer gyms! She is the one coach who strives for the best, she wants the best, she gets the best! She is the coach who is always tough on you, but for a reason, she wants you to be the best you can! Alisha also has a heart, the best example is for Brooke, a 13 year-old cheerleader, during the show, Brooke had gone to the hospital to see a spine specialist because, shes been having some back pains for a long time. During the visit, her mom had cried her heart out, she was so nervous, but in the end, Brooke had been cleared by her doctor to do standing tumbling. At tryouts, Brooke only did a roll for tumbling, but she spoke her heart out in front of Alisha and her husband, and that's when Alisha went up to her, and started to cry a little and hugged her! That was the best part of the whole show for me! 

    This blog made a wonderful post about the show! Check it out! They had put their thoughts into the whole post, just like I did, but they had put so much detail into the post, really check it out!:)

    Thanks for reading, this is Riley! Have a good summer and Cheer On!

Stereotypics; the worse parts.

Hey my fellow bloggers again!

            One topic I really want to hit on is the stereotyping of cheerleaders, to me this is really important since I'm a male cheerleader, and the way that people think about cheerleaders. Here is a few links that you may find useful: Stereotyping of male cheerleaders, a good link for male cheerleaders! Like I said that this is a very important topic to me, so I really am going to make a large post! I would love for all of you to comment, or even comment with links to other good sites that would help me blog about!

            First, the definition of stereotype is to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea; this is a perfect definition of stereotyping. The way that people think of especially male cheerleaders is horrible! Really, me being a male cheerleader, I have enough of the things that people talk about, and the stereotyping of a male cheerleader! They say, “He’s gay since he cheers,” “Look at gay boy walk,” et cetera, I really have had enough! The nasty rumors that I hear about me are just horrible, it really needs to stop! Now! It can only stop, if you tell people to just take 1 minute to look at any of my posts, this one, or even just my blog! Spread the word about this horrible topic!

            Next, there’s the bullying; the dreadful part. Just Google search Cheerleaders Committed Suicide from Bullying, you’ll get pages and pages and pages of results, really, it’s a horrible thing! Just take the initiative to stop the bullying, harassment, et cetera, just by talking about my blog, and share about it, spread the word! Please, from me, the cheerleader, many will say the same; we don’t need anyone to be taking their life, just because of selfish and rude people!

Voice Thread on My 8th Grade Year!

Hi everyone! This is my voice thread from my tech ed class! I had chosen to do it on the positive and negative things that had happened to me during the whole 8th grade year! I really liked doing the Voice threads because, it's a different type of technology! :] It includes cheerleading into it, which is good for the blog!:] Thanks again for watching/listening and even looking at my blog! It's Riley, Cheer On! And have a great day!

My Cheer Podcast!

Hey bloggers! This is my first post with a podcast! I really hope you enjoy it! It's about how to become a successful cheerleader! I didn't go into much detail, but it is 4 min 45 seconds because I had added music to it, and I forgot to clip out some of the music... Oops! Well, you'll hear from me soon! Again, it's Riley, Cheer On! And have a great day!:]

My friends blogs!

Hey bloggers! You should really check out my friends cheerleading blogs! www.leetrms.blogspot.com and www.burnhamtrms.blogspot.com :] cheer on!:]